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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,791, dated February24, 1885.

Application filed September4, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. ARNETT, a. citizen of the United States,residing near Morrison, in the county of Jefferson and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in seeding-machines in which asystem of dragbars,with disks, flanges, and springs attached, operatedin conjunction with suitable feed mechanism, all attached to a suitableframe and mounted upon wheels, is used to deposit the differentvarieties of small grain and the various kinds of grass-seed within theearth in any suitable quantities and at any desired depth; and theobjects of my improvements are to provide a seeding-machine of thenature above described, which shall be lighter of draft than those nowin use, and by which perfect work may be accomplished in uncultivated orsodded ground, and under circumstances which render other machines oflittle or no avail. I attain the objects by means of the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, Sheet 1, isa side View of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side view of a drag-bar withflange, spring, and fiukeguide attached. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveenlarged view of a drag-bar with disks, flanges, and fluke and springguides attached. The rear portion of the flange on one side isrepresented as broken off, to show the manner in which the grain isdischarged upon the'forward portion of the flange. Fig. 4 shows the dragbars with guide-bars attached. Fig. 5 is a top view of a drag bar withdisks and flanges attached. Fig. 6 is an inverted view of a drag-barwith disks and flanges attached. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional viewof a disk, showing its axle and cap-bearing. Fig. Sis a side View of thedisk-axle, showing its corrugation. Fig. 9 is a top view of the flukeand spring guides. Fig. 10 is a front View of the fluke and springguides. Fig. 11 is a side view of the fluke and spring guides. Fig. 12is a perspective view of the lower end of a fluke. Fig. 13 is a (No mode1.)

rear view of a flange. Fig. 14 is a front view of a flange. Fig. 15 isatop view of the socket which receives the upper and forward eX- tremityof the spring, and Fig. 16 is a front view of said socket. Fig. 1, Sheet2, isatop view of the feed mechanism; and Fig. 2 is a side view of same,showing means of driving the conveyers by attachment with revolving mainaxle, and Fig. 3 is an end view of feed mechanism.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1, Sheet 1, A is a box, in which the grain is placed preparatoryto depositing it in the earth by means of my invention. To the bottom ofthis box is attached, by means of bolts, the feed mechanism illustratedin Figs. 1, 2, and 3", Sheet 2. This feed mechanism consists of a numberof cases, whichIwill call conveyor-cases 1 Figs. 1*, 2, and 8, Sheet 2,being an example, through which passes the shaft'R, three conveyors, u ua, with diagonally-corrugated surfaces, being attached to the shaft Rand received within each c011- veyer-case, as shown in Fig.1, Sheet 2.

In the bottom of the grain-box A is an opening communicating with eachconveyencase 1, through which the grain passes into said case at thepointp, after which, as the shaft R revolves, the grain is forced bymeans of the conveyers u u a through the equalizingchambers rr r, Fig.1, Sheet 2, in the direction indicated, and passes out of the case atthe point it into the funnel-mouthed pipe .9, as shown in Fig. 3, Sheet2. The office of the conveyers u 21. lb is to force the grain into thefunnel-mouthed pipe 8 with perfect uniformity. The velocity of the shaft1', and therefore the quantity of grain sown per acre, may be governedby any suitable means now in use. From the pipe s the grain passesthrough the rubber pipe a (which is stretched tightly over the lowerextremity ofthe pipe 8) into the fluke t, as shown in Fig. 3, Sheet 1.The fluke t is oblong in shape at the bottom, as shown in Fig. 12, anddischarges the grain upon the diagonal or oblique forward portion of theflange g, as shown in Fig. 3, Sheet 1, this portion of the flange beingmarked 51 in the figure, from which the grain slides into the furrowmade by the disk h, and by means of the rear portion of the flange g(shown in Fig. 3) the earth thrown out by the disk h is reconveyed intothe furrow and leveled down, thus 5 covering the grain and pressing thesoil compactly around it. The disks h h and the flanges g g are attachedto the drag-bars O by means of bolts. The flanges are adjustable, andare raised and lowered by means of the bolts and slots as shown in Fig.2, and by this means the depth of furrow cut by the disk h isregulaterl. The flange 9 having been adjusted as desired, it is securelyheld in place by means of the corrugation shown in Figs. 13 and 14, I 5the portion ofthe drag-bar O to which the flange is attached beingcorrugated to correspond therewith. The'disks may be adjusted to cut agreater or less width of furrow by means of an adjusting-bolt, m, andslots m, Figs. 6 and 7, and the corrugation n, (shown in Fig. 8,) thedisk axles 7; being pivoted at 0, Fig. 7, 0 0, Fig. 6.

The peculiar form of the disk-axle k and the cap Z, as shown in Fig. 7,is for the purpose of excluding dirt from the axle bearing the cap Z,also serving as an addional bearing for the outer extremity of the hubof the disk. The cap Z is attached to the axle 70 by means of the boltZ, which passes through the cap 0 and axle, as shown in Fig. 7. Theother extremity of the disk-hub, Fig. 7, is supplied with the collar h,as shown in the figure. The collar fits closely within the adjacent partof the disk-axle, the axle being properly fash- 3 5 ioned to receive it,thereby excluding dirt and other foreign substances which otherwisemight reach the axle-bearing. The disk-axles h h are corrugated, asshown in Fig. 8, and the corrugated portions overlap each other, asshown in Fig. 6, and the axles are fastened to each other by means ofthe bolt m. j

As the machine is put in motion by the ordinary means, the disks h hrevolve upon the axleslc Z; and cut a small furrow in the earth,

5 in which the grain is deposited, as above described, the width anddepth of the furrow being regulated as aforesaid; and this office of thedisksis thoroughly performed,even though the earth be sodded and in itsuncultivated natural state. The drag-bars C are attached in front to theend rail, E, of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, Sheet 1, and extendbackward beneath the axle of the wheels upon which the frame is mounted.The guide-bars j 3', Fig. 4, are attached to each alternate drag bar 0at right angles, the extremities of the guide-bars working against thesides of the adjacent drag-bars, as shown in Fig. 4. To the rear portionof each drag-bar O is attached two disks, it h, and two correspondingflanges,

g g. (Shown in Figs. 5 and 6.) Each pair of fiuke-guidesff, Fig. 3,constituting one casting, (distinctly shown in Fig. 10,) are alsoattached to the drag-bars by means of the bolts ff, Fig. 3, Sheet 1. Toeach drag-baris also attached a spring, (Z, Fig. 2. Sheet 1, by means ofa clevis, 0, attached to the forward portion of the fluke and springguide f, as shown in the figure. At its upper and forward extremity thespring d. is attached to the beam 0 by means of a bolt and socket,(shown in Figs. 15 and 16,) which socket allows the spring a slightlateral movement, as shown by the dotted lines, but no verticalvariation within the socket.

The lever 1), Figs. 1 and 2, Sheet 1, is attached to the beam 0, thebeam 0 being attached to the side rail, F, of the frame at each side ofthe machine by a bearing, 0, as shown in Fig. 2, Sheet 1. The disks areraised out of the ground by pressing forward the leverb, which turns thebeam 0, to which the springs d are attached, and the springs in turnlift the drag-bars 0, together with the disks h h and the flanges g g.By moving the lever I) backward the disks are forced into the ground bymeans of the springs d to the desired depth, and so held under allordinary circumstances; but should the disks come in contact with astone or other very hard substance they will 9 rise and pass over itwithout injury to the machinery. The lever b is retained in any positiondesired by means of the catch 1), which engages with the notches in theratchetsegment 1, the catch 1) being properly attached to the lever band operated by means of a suit able rod and hand'piece,-as shown inFig. 1, Sheet 1.

B, Fig. 1, Sheet 1, is a box for grass or other verysmall seeds. The boxB is supplied with ICO the same feed mechanism as box A, but reduced insize to correspond with the size of the seeds. Seed may be fed fromeither box by changing the pipe a from one box to the other. 5

What I claim as my invention, and what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is- V The combination, in aseeding-machine, of the drag-bars O, the adjustable disk-axles k k, I 10the cap-bearing Z, the bolt Z, the flanges g g, the guide-bars j, thesprings (Z, the beam 0, and the lever b, substantially as set forth, andfor the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 5 signature in presence of twowitnesses.

\VILLIAM D. ARNETT.

\Vitnesses:

IDA STUOHELL, FRED NORMAN.

